Noun
the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862
Source: WordNetAnother senior officer in the Agriculture Department said that they raise this issue in every meeting but unless the state provides its share the subsidy cannot be provided to the farmers. Source: Internet
Narayanan, on the other hand, said, “The Agriculture Department has supplied a lot of eco-friendly machinery to all vulnerable areas in every district and deputy commissioners have engaged their district level teams to prevent further incidences. Source: Internet
“Farmers have preferred other methods of direct wheat sowing rather than Happy Seeder this time,” said senior officer in the Agriculture Department. Source: Internet
Authorities are investigating the Texas Agriculture Department case, according to Maddison Jaureguito, a spokesperson for the department. Source: Internet
However, a senior official from the the Punjab Agriculture Department argued, “We too have been receiving a high percentage of the farmers and farm labourers suicides cases — even more than what the farmer organisations and the universities data claims. Source: Internet
In a separate development, the State Agriculture Department, which had lobbied with the Centre to provide assistance to maize and jowar farmers, and has been given permission to procure the grains. Source: Internet